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by Jeff Strong (Author) "Whether you use a PC- or Mac-based system, a stand-alone digital recorder, or a cassette port-a-studio for your music-making needs, your recording system of choice..." (more)

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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (15 Feb 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0764516345
ISBN-13: 978-0764516344
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.5 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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This friendly guide covers the essentials a first–time recording engineer needs to know about setting up and operating a home or project recording studio. Home Recording For Musicians For Dummies hits all the major topics including choosing the right device for your project, building a studio space, operating your recording equipment, using MIDI technology, choosing and using the right microphones, getting great sounds on the recording, editing, mixing, adding sound effects, and sharing it with others via CD or the Internet. This up–to–date resource covers the latest technologies that the older books don′t explain, including the latest PC–based recording software and standalone recording devices.

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Expert advice on recording equipment, MIDI, micing, effects, and more

Includes tips on burning CDs and creating MP3s

Outfit your studio and create professional–quality recordings – no experience necessary!

These days, setting up a home recording studio is more affordable than ever. But where do you begin? And how do you make sure your home recordings sound great? This friendly reference delivers the answers, covering everything from selecting equipment and placing mics to editing tracks and sweetening the mix.

The Dummies Way

Explanations in plain English
"Get in, get out" information
Icons and other navigational aids
Tear–out cheat sheet
Top ten lists
A dash of humor and fun

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Whether you use a PC- or Mac-based system, a stand-alone digital recorder, or a cassette port-a-studio for your music-making needs, your recording system of choice employs much of the same basic technology. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, 3 Jan 2007

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A wonderfully clear and practical guide to making the most of your home recording and getting the best possible result. It is suitable for complete novices, like myself (I didn't have a clue about different sorts of mics, nor know what EQ or compression was, I just wanted to know why my recording of my violin sounded like a particularly nasty saw grating). On the other hand, I wouldn't call it superficial either. I particularly like the way the book starts with an overview of all the steps to go through until the finished product is achieved, and only then goes through each of the steps in detail. This is great for the beginner, but you can always skip it if that is known to you. For me it helped both keep in mind the process as whole and its ultimate aim, as well as clarify why I was being asked to learn something hideously technical I didn't really want to bother with. In short, I didn't lose sight of the wood for the trees. (Oh, and the violin actually sounds like a violin now, although I have still to get to grips with adjusting the EQ for it to improve it still more. I am currently studying that chapter).

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good but some problems, 7 Aug 2007

By	N. D. Southwell "Rock'n'Neil" (England, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I bought this book a few weeks ago expecting that it would have been substantially updated since the previous edition that I also own. This was not the case though. In particular, as I have now got to the stage when I have a few tracks finished, I was interested in the recommended websites for MP3 hosting and Cd distribution, but none of the links seem to work and several of the recommended sites (Ampcast.com, iuma.com, vitaminic.com)seem to have closed down a long time ago. One even has a closure notice dated 2005! This was a big disapointment to me as I only bought the new edition in the hope of getting more up-to-date information.

Other than this annoyance, the book is just as good as the older edition, and I have found it very informative, and helpful. I particularly like the fact that although much of the focus is on DAW computer software recording, Studio In A Box (SIAB) based studios are praised and explained well (though once again the list and descriptions of popular models seems very out-of-date). I use a Boss BR600 (see my review elsewhere on Amazon) and find that although it is not specifically mentioned in this book, most of the recording, mixing and mastering principles explained are very relevant.

Descriptions and explanations about microphones, mixers, effects, eq, etc. are excellent. Oddly, studio monitor speakers are only superficially explained, and I could have done with some more information and advice about monitors when I was trying to decide which ones to buy. In the end I chose largely by guess work, but seem to have done alright on my very low budget as I bought Behringer MS20 monitors through Amazon (see my review elsewhere on Amazon).

If you are new to home recording, or are muddling along using only the instructions/help that came with your recording software/equipment/SIAB, and some magazine articles, or like me you are struggling with the transition from analogue to digital, I am sure that this book, will be very useful to you.

In fairness, this edition was published in 2005, but the speed with which products, software and internet information changes these days requires a faster response from publishers who should keep a record of described products and services to be regularly checked and updated. Smaller but more frequent print runs, or on demand printing are the answers to this problem, and some publishers are embracing such an approach. I really hope that when/if there is a 3rd edition, the product and web information is substantially updated. Overall it is still a good book, but it has temporal problems.

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